Jul 2, 2015
First of all this is how I honestly felt about the series. It could be seen as a rant however I back up the claims that I could be seen as ranting with events and why I didn't like it in the series.
Story overview:
Etotama's story is about a cat character Nyaa that wants to join the Chinese Zodiac such as the synopsis states.
Sounds like a good idea right? That's what I thought but the comedy so far just ruins the episodes. The comedy is really the same thing with them breaking down the 3rd wall with saying "between episode 1 and 2" as well as
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fan service every now and then. I don't mind them breaking down the 3rd wall if it done in a fresh comical way such as Blood Lad when he was bringing up examples of the events being something found in a shounen manga and reference to Dragon Ball Z. Etotama could have been more creative but seemed to go for low brow comedy. As I stated the ecchi between characters seemed to be way over the line to point it was coming close to the level found in Queen's Blade. I did find the comedy with the Chicken zodiac to be funny.
Animation/Art:
The downside of the animation is really the seal battles. The animation goes from "meh, not really my style" to downright "what are they thinking?" I think that the animation could have been better if the didn't drop normal animation to CGI for the fights. Of course the CGI could have worked if it was more like the CGI used in Accel World instead of really seeming to be a huge drop off.
Sound:
The sound was the only decent thing about the series. The voice acting really fits the characters and the battles had great sound effects in the background. The only issue I have with the sound is the music and sound effects seemed to be deeply buried in the background when theres speeching and I can honestly say I wish they kept things more balanced.
Characters:
The characters could have been better but it goes back to the story which is the comedy really put me off with the characters. This happened with the perverted character of School Rumble. I start to like them then all of a sudden they make a joke and it just puts me off of them. I'm sure I'm not the only one that has this happen to them if not in this series then should be in another series.
Enjoyment:
I did not enjoy this series but I had to keep watching it because new profile so I'm trying not to have more dropped than completed series. I'm not attacking anyone's tastes that loved the series I watched this series with an open mind, skipped reading reviews as the series was airing and after each episode I took time to reflect on what I just seen. I tried to find the good but more times than not I couldn't find one. I can say that this is going to be one series I'm not going to buy or re-watch. Once is more than enough for me.
Overall:
Overall I loved the overview from outline. I loved that the series had an original story and not resorting to a magical girl or someone has magic powers and have to save the world. I can say that I can praise it for the original attempts but the other sections had things that I didn't like which is why I can't really give it a good score because I take all negatives into account and it wouldn't be an honest review if I gave it an 7 or 8 out of 10 when I honestly didn't like the series.
Reviewer’s Rating: 2
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